Sliding-door hanger.



No. 831,674. PATENTED SEPT. 25, 1906. R. MOBLEY..

SLIDING DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.5.1906.

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SLIDING-DOOR HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 25, 1906.

Application filed March 5,1906. Serial No. 304,321.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD MORLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Sliding-Door Hangers, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, such as will en able others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a slidingdoor hanger embodyingthe features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

This invention relates to sliding door hangers and the object of myinvention is to provide a hanger having a roller which is retained inoperative position without the aid of rivets or other fastening devices.

I have herein illustrated my invention as being embodied in a hanger fora sliding door on a freight-car; but it will of course be understoodthat the hanger is not limited to use with doors of this description,nor, in fact, is it limited to use with doors, as it could be utilizedfor carrying other members. Furthermore, it should be understood thatthe device embodying the features of my invention could be utilized atthe bottom of a sliding member for supporting and guiding the sameinstead of being used at the top of a sliding member for carrying it, asin the illustration herein shown.

Referring to the drawings, which represent the preferred form of myinvention, 1 designates the side of a car, carrying a track 2, and 3designates the car-door. A metal hanger 4, preferably of the form shownin Fig. 1, is secured to the door by bolts 5, and the upper portion ofthe hanger is offset, as shown in Fig. 2, so that it will extend beyondthe track 2. The extreme upper end of the hanger is approximately Ushape, having two arms 6, which are connected together at their rearfaces by ayoke 7. (Shown in Fig. 3.) Said yoke is provided at its centerwith a journal 8, that projects outwardly and which has a flanged roller9 mounted thereon between the arms 6. Preferably the outer face of theroller is provided with a crown 10, which covers the end of the journal8, and an opening 11 may be formed in this crown to provide for oilingthe roller and also enable a plurality of rollers to be strung on a wirebefore they are assembled with their hangers. The roller is applied tothe hanger simply by slipping it onto the end of the journal 8, and whenin operative position the track 2, which engages the outer face of theflange 12 on. the roller, prevents said roller from being displaced fromits journal, the yoke 7 engaging the rear face of the roller. Theabsence of rivets or other fastening devices for securing the roller toits hanger not only reduces the cost of manufacture, but enables a newroller to be placed in position with very little trouble.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination, a track, a door, a rigid hanger connected to saiddoor, a horizontallydisposed journal having its outer end free and beingconnected at its inner end to said hanger, and a flanged roller mountedon said journal and having its flange engaging one of the side faces ofsaid track; substantially as described.

2. The combination with a door-hanger comprising in its constructionupwardly-extending arms connected by a single transversely-extendingmember provided with a journal which extends laterally therefrom, of aroller mounted on said journal substantially as described.

3. The combination with a door-hanger comprising in its constructionupwardly-extending arms connected by a transverselyextending armprovided centrally thereof with a journal, of a roller having a bearingwith a closed end mounted on said journal; substantially as described.

4. The combination with a door-hanger comprising in its constructionupwardly-extending arms connected by a yoke formed integral therewithand provided with a centrally-located and outwardly-proj ecting ournal,of a roller mounted on said journal having its outer end closed andprovided with an oil-opening: substantially as described.

5. In combination, a track, a hanger provided with upwardly-projectingarms and a transversely-extending member connecting said arms providedwith a journal, and a flanged rollerlooated between said arms andremovably mounted on said journal; "theflange of said roller engagingthe inner side face of said track, and the transversely-ex- 5 tendingmember engaging a side face of said roller whereby it is retained inoerative p0: sition; substantially as described In testimony whereof Ihereunto affix my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses, this lstday of Maroh, jl906.

\ RICHARD MOBLEY.

Witnesses:

. WELLS L CHURCH, GEORGE BAKEWELL.

